Trade Policy

As the national economy struggles to find solid footing following the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, candidates for federal office, from the presidential race down to the local congressional races, are locked in a philosophical debate over how to create more jobs and get the economy growing at a faster rate. President Barack Obama, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and local Democratic congressional candidates largely favor the theories espoused by economist John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s that say government intervention and investment is the best way to stimulate the economy following an economic collapse. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate...

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